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[RHSA-2000:049-02] Remote file access vulnerability in ntop
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Tue Aug 8 14:20:21 2000
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Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: Remote file access vulnerability in ntop
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:049-02
Issue date: 2000-08-07
Updated on: 2000-08-08
Product: Red Hat Powertools
Keywords: N/A
Cross references: N/A
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1. Topic:
The version of ntop which was included in Red Hat Powertools 6.2 has a
remote exploit in which arbitrary files can be read on the host machine.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc
3. Problem description:
If ntop is run with the Web interface it allows any user to connect and
access all files on the host machine.
4. Solution:
For the Alpha architecture please remove ntop by running:
rpm -e ntop
For Sparc and i386 run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):
N/A
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Powertools 6.2:
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/ntop-1.3.1-1.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/ntop-1.3.1-1.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/ntop-1.3.1-1.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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8620607a310e28385cfc4961b3c909a9 6.2/SRPMS/ntop-1.3.1-1.src.rpm
188636458d73d66ea6e7d61aec64fc5b 6.2/i386/ntop-1.3.1-1.i386.rpm
e6415fc286119023f321ce7e5bdbfce9 6.2/sparc/ntop-1.3.1-1.sparc.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key
is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename>
8. References:
N/A
Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
